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Biography

Professor Parikh’s research interests focus on translational studies of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Parikh focuses upon several aspects of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, including studies focused on optimizing treatment regimens, novel chemoprevention strategies, drug resistance emergence and spread, and parasite dynamics. Current projects include: (1) understanding host factors affecting response to artemisinin-based antimalarial therapies using a combination of individual and population-based pharmacologic approaches to inform treatment guidelines (Uganda); 2) novel use of a chemopreventive measure to reduce malaria (Burkina Faso); and 3) characterizing the epidemiology of non-falciparum species in sub-Saharan Africa (Cameroon). Dr. Parikh has ongoing projects in several African countries, which span observational, interventional, and cross-sectional designs. Dr. Parikh received his M.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed his medical residency training at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. After completing his fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of California, San Francisco and Masters in Public Health at UC Berkeley he joined the faculty at UCSF. He has been a member of the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases in the Yale School of Public Health and Section of Infectious Diseases in the Yale School of Medicine since 2012.

Education & Training

MPH

University of California at Berkeley (2005)

MD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1998)

Fellow

University of California - San Francisco

Resident

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Boston

Activities

Malaria research in Cameroon

Douala, Cameroon 2017

Viviendas Leon

Leon, Nicaragua 2011

Board Member, Community development non-profit working in Nicaragua

Alliance for Stroke Awareness and Prevention Project

New Delhi, India; Kampala, Uganda 2011

Board Member, Non-profit working in Uganda and India on projects related to stroke prevention, such as hypertension screening.